Sports Pistons hire Dwane Casey as head coach: Report

20:07 11 june 2018

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Report: Nurse remains frontrunner for Raptors' head coaching vacancy

The Toronto Raptors are leaning towards assistant Nick Nurse as the favorite to land their vacant head coaching job, league sources told TSN's Josh Lewenberg.&nbsp;Nurse has already been interviewed for the post, and a report last month indicated the Raptors were taking a close look at promoting the 50-year-old. Toronto continues to talk to other candidates, reportedly including Lithuanian coach Sarunas Jasikevicius most recently. The Raptors fired Dwane Casey on May 11, four days after the Cleveland Cavaliers completed a second-round sweep of an uninspired Raps squad.

Dwane Casey helped lead the Toronto Raptors to the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference. Wojnarowski also reported the Pistons hired Memphis Grizzlies executive Ed Stefanski as a senior adviser, and he'll oversee the hiring of a coach and general manager.

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The Detroit Pistons have hired former Raptors coach Dwane Casey, according to a report.

The Raptors fired Casey, 61, last month despite the team making the playoffs for five straight seasons.

Casey posted a 320-238 (.573) overall record as Raptors coach. He led Toronto to four Atlantic Division titles in five years, and three consecutive 50-win seasons.

But the franchise had its eyes on an NBA finals appearance this year after winning a franchise-record 59 games in the regular season, the second best record in the league behind only Houston.

Dave Feschuk: Raptors expected to reveal Casey’s successor this week

It’s been more than a month since the Toronto Raptors fired Dwane Casey as their head coach.&nbsp;And while Monday saw Casey land his next gig, agreeing to a five-year deal to coach the Detroit Pistons, Raptors president Masai Ujiri was still taking his time in the presumable lead-up to announcing Casey’s successor.

Dwane Casey now a candidate for next head coach of the Detroit Pistons by David Topham. Here’s why the Detroit Pistons should not hire Dwane Casey . by Joseph Sinke3 weeks ago.

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However, Toronto fell for the third straight season to LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers. It wasn’t close as the Raptors were swept in four games, prompting GM Masai Ujiri to part ways with the popular coach.

The Pistons move means that there’s only one vacant head coaching job left in the NBA — with the Raptors.

Toronto reportedly has a shortlist of two candidates — 50-year-old Nick Nurse (who has been a Raptors assistant under Casey since the 2013-14 season) and top international head coach Ettore Messina, 58, who has been a San Antonio Spurs assistant under Gregg Popovich since 2014.

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Dwane Casey wants to send home travelling Raptors fans ‘unhappy’ .
New Detroit Pistons coach, and former Raptors bench boss, Dwane Casey doesn’t want the tradition of Toronto fans travelling to Detroit to stop. He does, however, want to send Raptors fans home “unhappy.” The post 2018 NHL Mock Draft with Loubardias, Cosentino and Boomer appeared first on Sportsnet.ca.For years now, Toronto Raptors fans have taken annual pilgrimages to invade the Palace of Auburn Hills and, just this past season, Little Caesers Arena to bring a little bit of the North to the Motor City.

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